Understanding Mood in Meaning-Based Grammar
Understanding Mood in Meaning-Based Grammar
MOOD
          of culture
Context                  field: what
          of situation   tenor: who  interpersonal meaning
                         mode: how
Tekstualisasi konteks
Pinjam uang
  a. Ke teman: Pinjem uang lah samilyeur (imperatif)
  b. Ke dosen: Maaf Pak, … (e.g. interrogative)
  c. Ke calon mertua: (jalan kaki saja)
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                                                                   mood
              Interpersonal (MOOD)
Meanings      IdeationalExperiential (TRANSITIVITY)
                             Logical (CLAUSE COMPLEX)
              Textual (THEME)
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                                                                       mood
A. SPEECH FUNCTION
Giving
Demanding          comodity exchanged: goods/service and information
Exchange of information
Who has read Laskar Pelangi?
Ana has read Laskar Pelangi.
              (activity)
                                                information                               Goods/services
      Giving                           Statement                                     Offer
                                       He is giving her some ice Would you like some ice
                                       cream.                    cream?
            Initiation                                                  Response
                               +                                                                   -
      Statement (give: Acknowledgement                                                    Contradiction
      information)
      Question         Answer                                                             Disclaimer
      (demand:
      information)
      Offer (give:     Acceptance                                                         Rejection
      goods and
      services)
      Command          Compliance                                                         Refusal
      (demand: goods
      and services)
                               (Speech function and response taken from Halliday, 1994)
A: Have you ever read Laskar Pelangi?              Question
                                                                                                                  4
                                                                  mood
Imposition
B. MOOD TYPES
Declarative
Interrogative
Imperative
Exclamative
                                                                     5
                                                                                       mood
Y: I don’t want to find out the meaning of life or something like that
   from it.
X: Well god who wants to find out the meaning of life?
    (Explanations are challenged)
With the assumption that the dialog above are realised in a neutral
state of emotion,
  Who are speaking?
  What is the power relation like?
  What is the affect like?
  What is the contact like?
  What is the linguistic evidence of your conclusion?
Most likely the speakers are friends, in which contact is probably very
high, affective involvement is strong, and equal power operates.
Linguistic evidence:
    The speakers interrupt each other freely, without the use of
     politeness formulae
    There is frequent swearing and unselfconscious use of
     colloquial lexis and slang
    Strong attitudes are expressed very openly
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                                                                         mood
This is evidence that the context (in this case, the social role relations or
tenor) have been realized in the language of the text.
(Observe further the dialog on page 141-143)
Bhs Inggris
                                            Tense
            Aspect
                                  past     present      future
No aspect (simple)                                        X
Progressive/continuous                                    X
Perfect                                                   X
Perfect-progressive                                       X
                                                                                8
                                                                  mood
fabolous
marvellous
gorgeous
                                                                     9
                                                                    mood
C. MOOD STRUCTURE
Membicarakan mood dari segi komoditas
A. Exchange of information: PROPOSITIONS
  He is       my teacher
  MOOD        RESIDUE
                                                                      10
                                                                     mood
X: He isn’t my teacher
Y: Yes, he is or No, he isn’t
He isn’t my teacher.
  12
                                                                     mood
SUBJECT
FINITE
Non-finite
   To infinitive: I want to come – She wants to come
   Bare infinitive: I let her go.
   -ing participle: She kept me waiting
   -ed participle: I had my car washed
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                                                                    mood
FINITE
Definition: it functions to make the proposition definite, to anchor
   the proposition so that we can argue about it
Identification: identifiable through tag test, i.e. FINITE is the verbal
   part of the tag.
She loves me
She                              loves                 me
Subject            finite           Predicator         Complement
Mood                                Residue
                                                                       14
                                                                     mood
She loves me
Fused do/does/did
                                                       16
                                                                mood
MODALITY
Modality = modal auxiliary ?
          must
Maria     may be sick
          can’t
It must be love    It must have been love (but it’s over now)
It may be love
It can’t be love
istri = TV
pacar = HP
                         (+)     She is ill
                            M
                            O
Polarity                    D    She must be ill = I believe she is ill
&                           A    She may be ill = Perhaps she is ill
Modality                    L    She can’t be ill
                            I
                            T
                            Y
Deontic
(Obligation)
                                                  19
                                                                   mood
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                                           mood
Mirna is in my house.
Mirna            is          In my house
S                f           A
Mood                         Residue
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                                                                    mood
Epistemic
PRESENT: She may be busy           PAST: She may have been busy
            It must be love                  It must have been love
Deontic
PRESENT: She must go now           PAST: She had to go
            She mustn’t go         PAST: She was not allowed to go
I can swim
She must have been cooking Supermi Gobang
                                                                    23
                                                                  mood
Fused do/does/did
Complement
                                                                      25
                                                                 mood
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                                                         mood
PP  P + NP
                                                           27
                                                                 mood
Adjuncts
Syntax:
She is a nurse
S P sC
She is happy
S P C
Adverbial is optional
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                                                               mood
Types of Adjuncts:
Surprisingly = To my surprise
                                          30
                                                                   mood
Notes:
A major clause: a clause with MOOD, whether explicit or ellipsed
A minor clause: a clause without MOOD, e.g. Oh dear!, Well!, OK.
     Declarative
     Polar interrogative (yes-no)
     Wh-interrogative: what, who, which, when, where, why, how
     Exclamative
     Imperative (later, nya)
      Dodo            is             watching              TV
       S              F                 P                  C
             MOOD                           RESIDUE
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                                                          mood
tidur = sleep
menidurkan = put someone to bed/sleep
meniduri = ‘to sleep with’
tertidur = ketiduran = to fall asleep
tidur-tiduran = have a rest
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                                                           mood
Wh-interrogative
Exclamative
                                                               33
                                                         mood
    What a nuisance           it                 is
           C                  S                  F
      RESIDUE                            MOOD
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                                                                 mood
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                                                                  mood
      Do             leave           me                 alone
       F               P              C                   A
     MOOD                          RESIDUE
        Leave                  me                  alone
          P                    C                     A
                             RESIDUE
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                                                                      mood
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                                                                       mood
Inclination:
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                                                       mood
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